1) Would you guys read an article of just cities-as-people arguing with each other? Because I could get probably 10 articles out of that gimmick.2) Why do people keep referring to doges and posting pictures of Shiba Inus? Seriously? I'm pretty sure Agostino Barbarico was not a Shiba Inu.3) I am considering changing my name to include my real name. Oddly enough, what gives me pause here isn't the fear of real-life harassment — I have no self-preservation instinct and my general reaction to confrontation is, roughly, "COME AT ME, BROHEIM" — but that I'm conflicted about the idiot trolls knowing my gender.

Here's the thing: I've operated these past three weeks under the sneaking suspicion that a large number of these negative comments, particularly the egregiously stupid ones, are operating with an undercurrent of misogyny and assuming I'm a woman. They thus might stop making these hilariously, wonderfully stupid comments if they know that I'm a dude who has penis feelings. And...I don't want them to stop. I love these hilariously stupid comments. They're wonderful and amazing. Clearly, YOU guys love them, too, considering how excited a lot of you get. And I don't want to ruin that for us.

So what do you think? Keep with Ubertrout, or start using my actual name?

ETA: This is not because I am getting hired as it stands, but getting paid to be a writer by SOMEWHERE in the future would seem to be easier if I have actual articles attributed to my real name instead of a pseudonym.